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Originally Posted by jdrumstik

Well that's just it, the si is going to cost about $5,000 more in sticker price, but probably twice in insurance.

I was wondering , if you dropped $500 for a chip, $500 for exhaust and Intake, and $500 for suspension what kind of Horsepower would you be at? Anywhere near the Si? Could you justify 5HP for intake, 10HP for exhaust (Say you include a downpipe), and 10 more for a chip? 165HP, or could it go higher? And then I understand that you could apply those same numbers on top of an Si. But what about future cams? Is it possible to enable V-TECH at higher RPMS with a new cam? I remember reading an article in hotrod claiming like 10 or 15 HP for an old 93 accord with a simple cam swap.

Gas millage isn't really a concern to me, and I am not really interested in after market turbos, too expensive and I'm not comfortable doing that to a new daily driver.

I would say 155hp max for basic bolt-ons: I/H/E/ and 170hp with pulley, chip and cat.